THE 12 BLOCKS OF CHRISTMAS

AO: westeros
Q: Natural Ice
PAX: Sherlock, Papa Bear, Red Skull, Young and Restless, DintyMoore, Grape, Right Said, Vector, Michelin Man, bluemule, Chunks, Tim the Toolman, Natural Ice
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS: Jolly

WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Streeechin

THE THANG: THE 12 BLOCKS OF CHRISTMAS

• Start each round with Run Around the Block
• Perform the current day + all previous days
• Movements stack every round
Pax waiting on the 6 with SSH

Day 1 – Run Around the Block
Day 2 – 2 Block Burpees
Day 3 – 3 Block WW2 Sit-ups
Day 4 – 4 Block Overhead Presses
Day 5 – 5 Block Thrusters
Day 6 – 6 Block Bent-Over Rows
Day 7 – 7 Block Squats
Day 8 – 8 Block Curls
Day 9 – 9 Block Merkins
Day 10 – 10 Block Russian Twists
Day 11 – 11 Block Chest Presses
Day 12 – 12 Block Lunges – The last day we grabbed the coupons and ran one last time around the block and back to the start.

I clocked 2.3 miles of running and 584 calories

MOLESKINE: Do hard things – put the Weight in Weighteros

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
2.0 Work out at titan at SIX THIRTY!
New Years Day Convergence at thestronghold with a Q Hand off!

COT: Prayers for Grapes fathers health and family

WEIGHTsteros #3

AO: westeros
Q: Michelin Man , Vector
PAX: Vector, Tim the Toolman, CubCadet, Spinal Tap, Michelin Man, Papa Bear, Red Skull, Squatter, Pep, Oil Rig(?), Cash Crop
FNGs: 1 Cash Crop
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: 14 degrees and completely dry. Not that cold? Red Skull “it was cold”

WARMUP: 41 side straddle hops!

THE THANG:

Follow the leader lap around the park. Carrying blocks!

Low quality in the initial run. So we did a bonus follow the leader to the interstate bridge and back. Continued varying levels of interest in running occurred. So…

Circle of Blocks!
Pair up. 6 stations. Spinal Tap and Squatter are the timers and do 6 reps. Then each group shifts to the next station.
Stations:
1. OHP
2. Squats
3. IYTs
4. Halos
5. Kettlebell swings
6. Curls

1 warm us up lap in the middle around the bus loop. Run back carrying blocks.

Mary

MOLESKINE: gratitude for Cash Crop and Oil Rig joining down range. Thanks Vector for keeping us Hot with that playlist.

Never Miss a Monday.

WEIGHTsteros 2

AO: westeros
Q: Michelin Man , Vector
PAX: Vector, Shy Guy, CubCadet, Puzzlah, Tim the Toolman, Michelin Man, The Merchant, Fud (DR), Solaran? (DR)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: moderate cold. Tights appropriate but could have done shorts.

WARMUP: nil

THE THANG: Butt Stuff

Run the park lap

Monkey humpers for length of the America. Standard: “Bootylicious”. On “Booty,” do a star jump.

Partner Up. 2 rounds.

Partners 1 does broad jumps (round 1) or high knees (round 2) to the vehicles and jogs back
Partner 2, with a block, does:
Squats
Lunges
Bulgarian Split squats
Step ups
Stand ups (from a sitting position stand up with one foot with a block)

Squats for length of the classic: “My Humps.” On “Humps,” do a 5 monkey humpers. Oh my humps…

Mary for time

COT: Never Miss A Monday. See you next week

WEIGHTsteros workout 1

AO: westeros
Q: Michelin Man
PAX: Tim the Toolman, bluemule, Vector, Spinal Tap, Natural Ice, Pep, Michelin Man, Papa Bear, Red Skull, Right Said, Squatter, The Merchant, Juicy J, 0, 0
FNGs: 1 0
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS: effin’ cold

WARMUP: nope

THE THANG:

1. Warm up lap
2. MM creates 3 groups. MM’s group is the timer. Do 30 of each and then rotate to next station. 2x through.
-Station 1- curls / tricep extensions
-Station 2 – lunges (each leg is 1) / squats
-Station 3 – bent over rows / OHP
3. 5 Sprint break
4. Repeat #2
5. 5 sprint break (including a RE-moralizing decades staggered run)
6. Mary for time

Thanks for letting me lead. WEIGHTsteros begins.

17 NOV 2025

AO: westeros
Q: bluemule , Papa Bear, DintyMoore, Spinal Tap, Young and Restless, Tim the Toolman, Pep, Sherlock
PAX: bluemule, Sherlock, Young and Restless, Tim the Toolman, Spinal Tap, Pep, DintyMoore, Papa Bear
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Cold but manageable

WARMUP: YHC had a house alarm go off five minutes before start – false alarm but it required leaving and having everyone else step in to Q!

THE THANG:
The PAX all stepped up for a no-notice Q while I went to check the security alarm!
-Dora: 100 mountain climbers, 200 LBCs, 300 squats, one PAX does exercises and one runs around the loop
-Playground: Rounds of several calisthenics including burpees, pull-ups, merkins, and dips.
-Sprints: Self-explanatory

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
-Night Moves this Thursday, and Thanksgiving run next week

COT: Happy Thanksgiving!!!

IYKYK

AO: westeros
Q: Chunks
PAX: Spinal Tap, Vector, CubCadet, DintyMoore, Puzzlah, Pep, Tim the Toolman, Papa Bear, bluemule, Salami
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: NOT FOR THE WEAK. :cold_face:

WARMUP: Arm Circles. Imperial Walkers, SSH, Right over left, Left over right, Willie Mays Hayes

THE THANG:

Don’t know what Pre-Workout Gym Bro Vector took, but he was ready to take on Love Circle.

CubCadet was skeptical and waiting for a surprise Co-Q to pop out of a bush.

Without furth ado, time to attack Love Circle!

Off we go with and Indian Run. Stopped at the bridge for some Boo Boo Bearcrawls. Continued the run to the stop sign for some Merkins. Then we took the Mrs. Toolman route straight up the hill.

Reached the summit for a moment of reflection. Asked the PAX to think about all the opportunities they’ve been blessed with in this city and how they can pass those along to others in the city we all love.

What goes us must come down. Also we completed the circle at love circle. Stopped at the stop sign again for some merkins. Continued our run stopped at the bridge for a nice lunge walk across the bridge. Continued the run to the hill near the portajohns. Squats and Merkins at the top and bottom. 3 Rounds.

95% of men over the age of 35 will never sprint again. Not today Satan. Sprint back to startex.

Finished with some ab work and broga.

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check Slack

COT: Prayers for jobs and families

Found out after the work out that was Papa Bear’s first time summiting Love Circle. :heart::large_green_circle:

Always an honor to lead at Westeros.

Simple and Effective

AO: westeros
Q: Natural Ice
PAX: Papa Bear, Sherlock, Michelin Man, Juicy J (JBowman), Spinal Tap, Squatter, The Merchant, Tim the Toolman, bluemule, Vector, Chunks, Pep
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS: Spooky Foggy and 34F – PERFECT

WARMUP: Did not start with SSH, but Windmills and then SSH, Merkins, Imperial Walkers, Squats, Hill Billies, Deep Groin Stretches

THE THANG: Simple and Effective!
– 5 pull ups
– 10 BB Sit Ups
– 20 Merkins
– 30 Dips
– Run across the field

Various forms of Merry in between sets as we waiting on the 6

The pax was so enthusiastic, that we had to rinse and repeat. (correct me if I am wrong, but I think we did it 6 times)

In total we ran 1.6 miles!

Ended with merry and we gave Pep a chance to SSH in Cadence……. to no real effect…. one day you will get it :slightly_smiling_face:

Playlist was Michelin Mans highschool CD collection

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6oxbeNXMdnBn0i24KrnRLK?si=0f318d06d0f14f13…… and yes I did add a song by Bush at the end

MOLESKINE: Its getting cold, but we have an extra hour of sleep. Don’t Waste it!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Percy Warner Beat Down – 11/15 at 6 am !
GROW School Dec 6th

COT: Prayed to see the blessing and to have a grateful heart!

Two pumpkins and ghoul chase

AO: westeros
Q: bluemule
PAX: Pep, Vector, SalPal, Papa Bear, Stuntman, preblast
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS:
Nashville winter dreary – overcast but not active rain

WARMUP:

THE THANG:

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

Still called WESTeros

AO: westeros
Q: CubCadet
PAX: DintyMoore, Papa Bear, Juicy J (JBowman), Pep, Tim the Toolman, Vector
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7 plus 1
CONDITIONS: Comfortable with a light drizzle

WARMUP: 1 min stretch OYO, 15 SSH, Mosey to school traffic circle

THE THANG: 1000 point challenge comes to Westeros. We bear crawled to find partners. Each team completed challenges on card (9 exercises), minimum 100 points per exercise. You choose the sequence and reps / round. There were burpees. There was running. There was a late arrival, but not who you might expect.

MOLESKINE: Difficult to mumble chatter when counting.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: See slack for Chili, 2.0 workout, and the thing formerly called Night Moves.

COT: Pep getting an offer on new role (especially before titan). Papa Bear friend struggling with cancer and running out of options. Mental health, especially for our young ones.

6 pax for coffee at Dose, including Michelin Man who was spotted near the AO muttering something about weights.

Grateful for these men and their friendship.

Just Warming Up

AO: westeros
Q: Shy Guy
PAX: Supernova, Young and Restless, Red Skull, Michelin Man, CubCadet, Sherlock, Vector, Right Said, Juicy J (JBowman), Detective Pikachu, Shy Guy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: Finally feels like fall

WARMUP: SSH ICx20
Squats ICx15
Merkins ICx10
Burpees x5
Mosey
High Knees
Worlds Greatest
Butt Kickers
Over Unders

Line Toe Taps
4 ways x2

Strides

THE THANG:
Sprints
Beginning movement:
Roll outs x4
3 point stance x3
Burpee x3
Shuffle x4
Bound jumps x3

Backwards hill runs x4

Mosey back to startex
OHC Merkins x20- shuffle
Squats x20- shuffle
Toe Tap Merkins x20 – lunge walk
Merkins x20 – bounds
Bonnie Blairs x20 – 1 leg bounds

MOLESKINE:
Lots of great mumble chatter, seemed like it was excitement about hill sprints. Pep pretended like he didn’t know all the words to the Kanye songs

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
They were announced.

COT:
Prayers for Peps job search, Detective Pikachu’s potty training his kid, my grandmothers health